Ian Davidson (1) (1935–)
Autore di The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
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Sull'Autore
After graduating in Classics from Cambridge, Ian Davidson worked for the Financial Times for many years as their Paris correspondent and chief foreign affairs columnist. He is also the author of Voltaire and Voltaire in Exile. Ian lives in London.
Opere di Ian Davidson
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Davidson, Ian Douglas
- Data di nascita
- 1935
- Sesso
- male
- Attività lavorative
- Journaliste (Econoie)
- Organizzazioni
- Financial Times (Journaliste)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 321
- Popolarità
- #73,715
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 62
- Lingue
- 2
The French Revolution began with a somewhat noble way of thought by the Middle Class (the Bourgeoisie), but the lower class poor (The Sans-culottes) were not seeing any benefits to themselves, and Robespierre used them and set up himself in power, then making it worse for the poor. And it caused him to loose his head (literally!).
Think about this, the Revolution started because the extremely wealthy of France, the Catholic Church, and Louis XVI ruled so tyrannically. The super-wealthy (yes, and it was 1% of the population!) were tax exempt (!), the Church owned vast areas of land and had immense power, and the lower classes were forced to pay taxes (as well as tithes to the Church), had few rights, and were starving. Boy, does that sound familiar?! History repeats itself...
Davidson's history is a fine study by itself or is a great start if you want to learn more about the French Revolution.… (altro)